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' No. 79,995. Patented July 14, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 79,995, ems July 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT HT GHAFING-ROILERS FOR WAGONS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. MAYHnW, of Providence, in the county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented it new and improved Chafing-Roller for Wzigons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. ful, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in thc ert to make and use the w some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents my improved chafing-rolier as applied to a. wagon to protect the side i rom wear by rubbing-of the front wheel when turned.

7 said roller, all operating as described for the purpose specified.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of my improved chafing-roller for wagons.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates o 9 newnnd useful device for protecting-the sides of wagons or other vehicles from chafing or wearing when the front wheels are turned, and it consists in a. hollow concave iron roller, secured to a. holding-frame, as hereinafter described.

A A. are two metal side-pieces of a holding-frame, connected by a cross-bar, B, that is fastened by screws or rivets. I v

C is a concave metal roller, the ends of which are fitted in recesses in the ends 0 of the side-pieces A A.

The roller 0 is hollow, and a belt or rod, a, passes through it and secures it to the side-pieces A A, by a. screw and nut on'the end.

At the bottom of the recess in the side pieces A A, a-replnced rubber cushions c c to bear against the ends of the roller 0, for the purpose of preventing it from working loose and rattling hi7 the motion of the wagon.

The holding-frame A A is fastened to the sides of a. wagon-body, so that the front wheelswill rub against the roller 0 when either'of them shall turn, in order to protect the wagon from injury, and the roll-er will turn by the hearing of the tire of the wheel, without looking fast or wearing either the tire or the sides of the wagon.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The construction of the concave chnfingn-oller G upon the longitildinnl rod 11, having its hearings in the ends C of the side-pieces A, which are'recesscd to receive the elastic cushions e c,.bearing against the ends of JAMES M. MAYHEW.

' Witnesses:

A. P. BRYANT, '1. F. NEVILLE. 

